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ralphmaddy · 02-05-2009, 04:56 AM

Okay here is the problem I just recently bought a Yorkie. She is about 9 weeks old.. She came from what you can call a puppy mill.. So its really hard to train her. I think she is getting confused as to where her bed is?

6:00am I wake up take her to her wee wee pad to do her business then I leave at about 6:45 to work. I return home at lunch time to check up on her because she's so little. So I come at about 12:00pm clean what she's dirtied...
Get home at about 4:15 or so. My problem is that since I know she is so little I'm scared to crate train her because I know they can't keep it in for so many hours. So I leave her in a baby yard where she has a little bed and her toys and her weewee pad and food. BUT at night when I put her in the crate to sleep I wake up in morning and she had pee'd inside of it. Could it be that she getting confused since she sleeps in a comfy bed while I'm at work.. What should I do

susanldm · 02-05-2009, 05:18 AM

Hey, I got my yorkie at 8 weeks old and do the crate training at night and in the pen in the day time while I am away on wee pads and he does fine with it. He does have accidents on the floor if I am not watching him. But usually does pretty well with the pads.
He has never wet inside the crate at all.
I use one of my t-shirts with my smell on it for him to sleep on in his crate. I also put a blanket rolled up along the side. If you use a blanket down in there he might get confused with it being like a wee pad since he is so small.
But you have to take them out to pee pretty much during the night you don't leave him in there all night long to the next morning.
At first I got up with him like 1 1/2- 2 hours. He woke me up.
He then worked his way up. You have to listen for them. They should
wake you up with a bark or something if not you need to get him up
and take him to the wee pads.
My puppy is 16 weeks old today and he goes from 8:30 p.m. to 3:45 a.m. at least that is what is was today. So they get better at it. It does take time and patience.
I hope this helps.
Susan

ralphmaddy · 02-05-2009, 05:25 AM

I'm going to try the shirt with the smell but I'll use her daddy's shirt since she's in love with him LOL!!

I did put a blanket in the crate with her its a fleece blanket but she went on it. So last night I took it out. I woke up to her crying at about 330 this morning but she had already went so what I did was grab her bed that she is in all day and put it next to my bed and she slept the rest of the morning. I'm just afraid because eventually I want her to go outside..

megansmomma · 02-05-2009, 07:30 AM

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Originally Posted by ralphmaddy

Okay here is the problem I just recently bought a Yorkie. She is about 9 weeks old.. She came from what you can call a puppy mill.. So its really hard to train her. I think she is getting confused as to where her bed is?

6:00am I wake up take her to her wee wee pad to do her business then I leave at about 6:45 to work. I return home at lunch time to check up on her because she's so little. So I come at about 12:00pm clean what she's dirtied...
Get home at about 4:15 or so. My problem is that since I know she is so little I'm scared to crate train her because I know they can't keep it in for so many hours. So I leave her in a baby yard where she has a little bed and her toys and her weewee pad and food. BUT at night when I put her in the crate to sleep I wake up in morning and she had pee'd inside of it. Could it be that she getting confused since she sleeps in a comfy bed while I'm at work.. What should I do

If she is doing well in the xpen why are you trying to put her into a crate at night? If its not broke when try to fix it? I would also like to add that she is only 8 weeks old so you cannot expect much from her at this point. All she should be going is the same as an infant; poop, pee, eat and sleep.

ralphmaddy · 02-05-2009, 07:47 AM

She isn't doing well in the xpen because she pee's everywhere but the weewee pad that really isn't my concern because I can clean that up my only concern is that she pee's in the crate I put her in at night. I know she is only 9 weeks thats why I'm asking for help as to what I should do... I feel like she is getting confused to where her bed is. I just spoke with my vet and she suggested I put the bed she lays in during the day in the crate that way she knows thats her bed...Also she mentioned I should wake at about 3am to take her out and do her business since she can't hold it in so long. I'm gonna try that first and see.

chelop555 · 02-05-2009, 08:04 AM

I keep Daisy's crate, open, inside the x-pen at night and during the day when I can't be there so she has access to her pee pad and her food as well.
I got her a style of crate that is plastic and the top comes off so it can be padded with blankets for a cozy bed. When going out I put the top on so she can't get out.
This semms to be working well. I also have the x-pen adjusted so it is smaller
then open to full size. It is about 2 feet by 4 feet, so this way if she has an accident, it is in a smaller area!
She does well with peeing but not as good with the pooping. I find it everywhere but when I see her poop it is on the pad but when I come home from work, it is everywhere...could she be playing with it???? Ewww..she has plenty of toys!

chelop555 · 02-05-2009, 08:06 AM

I would be afraid that if you put her bed in the crate, she will poop and/or pee in the corner of the crate.

ralphmaddy · 02-05-2009, 08:16 AM

Well the crate I have is more like a kennel not to big. So what I'm going to try is putting the bed in there and leaving door open and still give her access to the food and weewee pad. Hopefully that works cross fingers. I just have to wash out the kennel really good I have a spray from woolite that they make for pets thats really good for the odor and so that the dogs dont smell where they once went.

megansmomma · 02-05-2009, 08:32 AM

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Originally Posted by chelop555

I keep Daisy's crate, open, inside the x-pen at night and during the day when I can't be there so she has access to her pee pad and her food as well.
I got her a style of crate that is plastic and the top comes off so it can be padded with blankets for a cozy bed. When going out I put the top on so she can't get out.
This semms to be working well. I also have the x-pen adjusted so it is smaller
then open to full size. It is about 2 feet by 4 feet, so this way if she has an accident, it is in a smaller area!
She does well with peeing but not as good with the pooping. I find it everywhere but when I see her poop it is on the pad but when I come home from work, it is everywhere...could she be playing with it???? Ewww..she has plenty of toys!

I also used the xpen this way as well. If they are really small their crate should be small too so there is no reason to have such a large area. Everything fit into the xpen, crate, bed, food and water, pee pad and toys. I used a frame to hold the pad and only had part of it inside the xpen.

As for playing with poop~that is probably what your pup is doing.

If she is not eating it already she most likely will start if you don't nip it quickly. Add a little pumpkin or feed a little pineapple to change that taste of the poop to get her to stop. This is very effective and will address the issue of both playing and eating poop. This can become a disgusting habit if not stopped quickly.

ralphmaddy · 02-05-2009, 08:39 AM

http://www.qualitysupply.com/images/...ets_porter.jpg This is what I have.... And this is what she stays in when I'm not home.. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg

In that play yard is her cushion bed/food/weewee pad/toys... Its not so big as picture because I minimized it for her...

megansmomma · 02-05-2009, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ralphmaddy

Well the crate I have is more like a kennel not to big. So what I'm going to try is putting the bed in there and leaving door open and still give her access to the food and weewee pad. Hopefully that works cross fingers. I just have to wash out the kennel really good I have a spray from woolite that they make for pets thats really good for the odor and so that the dogs dont smell where they once went.

It sounds like your crate is way to large. If she is only 8 weeks old any crate no matter what size would be too large for her. It should only be large enough for her to turn around and lay down. If you are able to put blankets and dog beds inside you need to should consider blocking part of the crate to make it much smaller. You will never crate train with a crate that she has room to roam around.

I have not heard anyone talk about Woolite pet cleaner before. I use this for the occasional accident. Also, if she is peeping on her bed you need to use an enzyme cleaner of that as well. Just washing in the wash machine is not sufficiant because they will be able to still smell the odor of the urine.
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ralphmaddy · 02-05-2009, 08:55 AM

Well I don't want to confine her into the kennel so young so that is why I leave her in the play yard while I'm at work. My problem is the kennel at night. She isn't use to it during day she use to her cushion bed so I figure I can just put either bed in kennel OR put the blanket thats on the cushion in the kennel so she can smell that its hers

ralphmaddy · 02-06-2009, 04:18 AM

Thank you so much. So I woke up last night twice once at 1:30 because I heard her walking around and again at like 3:30... Well she pooped n pee'd but now my dilemma is that she is missing COMPLETELY the weewee pad.. Everyone is saying I shouldnt expect to much from her so I'll hang tight until she learns. I'm enrolling her in puppy education at Petsmart. What are your reviews on it. Is it a waste of money?

megansmomma · 02-06-2009, 05:38 AM

You should NOT take your puppy out of the house and into places like Petsmart or for that matter anywhere there are other dogs until she has had her full series of shots. You will risk the chance of her catching PARVO and that would kill her. Parvo can be found anywhere there are other dogs and it is devistating deadly!

The bacteria can live for months on floors and in grass so please be very careful. I wouldn't even put her on the ground at the vet when you take her in for her routine shots. Now after all of her shots are finished Petsmart would be fine for a puppy class.

It sounds like she is doing well learning to go potty. Keep up the good work.

ralphmaddy · 02-06-2009, 06:17 AM

She goes for all the rest of her shots on Feb 16th.. Petsmart won't take her until she has her ful shots anyway. But thanks for the advice.

02-05-2009, 04:56 AM	#1
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	I need help with training????? Okay here is the problem I just recently bought a Yorkie. She is about 9 weeks old.. She came from what you can call a puppy mill.. So its really hard to train her. I think she is getting confused as to where her bed is? 6:00am I wake up take her to her wee wee pad to do her business then I leave at about 6:45 to work. I return home at lunch time to check up on her because she's so little. So I come at about 12:00pm clean what she's dirtied... Get home at about 4:15 or so. My problem is that since I know she is so little I'm scared to crate train her because I know they can't keep it in for so many hours. So I leave her in a baby yard where she has a little bed and her toys and her weewee pad and food. BUT at night when I put her in the crate to sleep I wake up in morning and she had pee'd inside of it. Could it be that she getting confused since she sleeps in a comfy bed while I'm at work.. What should I do

02-05-2009, 05:18 AM	#2
susanldm YorkieTalk Newbie! Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Statesville, NC, USA Posts: 9 Blog Entries: 2	Training Hey, I got my yorkie at 8 weeks old and do the crate training at night and in the pen in the day time while I am away on wee pads and he does fine with it. He does have accidents on the floor if I am not watching him. But usually does pretty well with the pads. He has never wet inside the crate at all. I use one of my t-shirts with my smell on it for him to sleep on in his crate. I also put a blanket rolled up along the side. If you use a blanket down in there he might get confused with it being like a wee pad since he is so small. But you have to take them out to pee pretty much during the night you don't leave him in there all night long to the next morning. At first I got up with him like 1 1/2- 2 hours. He woke me up. He then worked his way up. You have to listen for them. They should wake you up with a bark or something if not you need to get him up and take him to the wee pads. My puppy is 16 weeks old today and he goes from 8:30 p.m. to 3:45 a.m. at least that is what is was today. So they get better at it. It does take time and patience. I hope this helps. Susan

02-06-2009, 05:38 AM	#14
megansmomma Donating YT 10K Club Member Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: S. W. Suburbs of Chicago, IL Posts: 12,235	You should NOT take your puppy out of the house and into places like Petsmart or for that matter anywhere there are other dogs until she has had her full series of shots. You will risk the chance of her catching PARVO and that would kill her. Parvo can be found anywhere there are other dogs and it is devistating deadly! The bacteria can live for months on floors and in grass so please be very careful. I wouldn't even put her on the ground at the vet when you take her in for her routine shots. Now after all of her shots are finished Petsmart would be fine for a puppy class. It sounds like she is doing well learning to go potty. Keep up the good work. __________________ “Never argue with a fool, onlookers may not be able to tell the difference.” Mark Twain Last edited by megansmomma; 02-06-2009 at 05:41 AM.

02-05-2009, 05:25 AM	#3
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	I'm going to try the shirt with the smell but I'll use her daddy's shirt since she's in love with him LOL!! I did put a blanket in the crate with her its a fleece blanket but she went on it. So last night I took it out. I woke up to her crying at about 330 this morning but she had already went so what I did was grab her bed that she is in all day and put it next to my bed and she slept the rest of the morning. I'm just afraid because eventually I want her to go outside..

02-05-2009, 07:47 AM	#5
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	She isn't doing well in the xpen because she pee's everywhere but the weewee pad that really isn't my concern because I can clean that up my only concern is that she pee's in the crate I put her in at night. I know she is only 9 weeks thats why I'm asking for help as to what I should do... I feel like she is getting confused to where her bed is. I just spoke with my vet and she suggested I put the bed she lays in during the day in the crate that way she knows thats her bed...Also she mentioned I should wake at about 3am to take her out and do her business since she can't hold it in so long. I'm gonna try that first and see.

02-05-2009, 08:04 AM	#6
chelop555 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fairhaven,MA Posts: 94	I keep Daisy's crate, open, inside the x-pen at night and during the day when I can't be there so she has access to her pee pad and her food as well. I got her a style of crate that is plastic and the top comes off so it can be padded with blankets for a cozy bed. When going out I put the top on so she can't get out. This semms to be working well. I also have the x-pen adjusted so it is smaller then open to full size. It is about 2 feet by 4 feet, so this way if she has an accident, it is in a smaller area! She does well with peeing but not as good with the pooping. I find it everywhere but when I see her poop it is on the pad but when I come home from work, it is everywhere...could she be playing with it???? Ewww..she has plenty of toys!

02-05-2009, 08:06 AM	#7
chelop555 Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Fairhaven,MA Posts: 94	I would be afraid that if you put her bed in the crate, she will poop and/or pee in the corner of the crate.

02-05-2009, 08:16 AM	#8
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	Well the crate I have is more like a kennel not to big. So what I'm going to try is putting the bed in there and leaving door open and still give her access to the food and weewee pad. Hopefully that works cross fingers. I just have to wash out the kennel really good I have a spray from woolite that they make for pets thats really good for the odor and so that the dogs dont smell where they once went.

02-05-2009, 08:39 AM	#10
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	http://www.qualitysupply.com/images/...ets_porter.jpg This is what I have.... And this is what she stays in when I'm not home.. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/...500_AA280_.jpg In that play yard is her cushion bed/food/weewee pad/toys... Its not so big as picture because I minimized it for her...

02-05-2009, 08:55 AM	#12
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	Well I don't want to confine her into the kennel so young so that is why I leave her in the play yard while I'm at work. My problem is the kennel at night. She isn't use to it during day she use to her cushion bed so I figure I can just put either bed in kennel OR put the blanket thats on the cushion in the kennel so she can smell that its hers

02-06-2009, 04:18 AM	#13
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	Thank you so much. So I woke up last night twice once at 1:30 because I heard her walking around and again at like 3:30... Well she pooped n pee'd but now my dilemma is that she is missing COMPLETELY the weewee pad.. Everyone is saying I shouldnt expect to much from her so I'll hang tight until she learns. I'm enrolling her in puppy education at Petsmart. What are your reviews on it. Is it a waste of money?

02-06-2009, 06:17 AM	#15
ralphmaddy Senior Yorkie Talker Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: North Jersey Posts: 193	She goes for all the rest of her shots on Feb 16th.. Petsmart won't take her until she has her ful shots anyway. But thanks for the advice.